Resultados para "John of John" en Misterio

¿Qué ocurre cuando tu verdugo parece saber todo lo que pasa por tu mente? No hay escapatoria: vas a morir. Un hombre recibe una carta que le urge a pensar en un número, cualquiera. Cuando abre el pequeño sobre que acompaña al texto, siguiendo las instrucciones que figuran en la propia carta, se da cuenta de que el número allí escrito es exactamente en el que había pensado.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES & JOHN WATSON The case of the stolen penny farthing bicycle. This completely new story I have written involves the 10 year old boys who will be the great detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, his assistant, when they grow up...

Por primera vez, Dave Gurney está investigando un asesinato ya resuelto y juzgado en los tribunales, aparentemente de forma impecable. Llevado al límite y acusado de asesinato, Gurney deberá enfrentarse a su mayor adversario para resolver un misterio que está acabando con su mundo. Ziko Slade, una superestrella del tenis mundial, cumple veinte años de condena por el espeluznante asesinato del delincuente de poca monta Lenny Lerman. Los hechos del caso, y el pasado accidentado de Slade, parecen indiscutibles.

David Gurney se sentía casi invencible, hasta que se topó con el asesino más inteligente con el que jamás había tenido que enfrentarse. Ha pasado un año desde que el ex detective de la policía de Nueva York consiguió atrapar al asesino de los números y, aunque es su intención retirarse definitivamente junto a su esposa Madeleine, un nuevo caso se le presenta de forma imprevista.

DCI Liam Brodie is no stranger to horror. Seven years ago, he led the hunt for a murderer who killed seven women, leaving their bodies out on display like some kind of morbid exhibition. Never any witnesses; never any clue as to who he was. Now, seven years later, the killings have started again. Same method. Same pattern. Same nightmare. Brodie is called back to Fife to lead the investigation. But this time, the killer isn't just repeating the past—he's rewriting it. And Brodie isn't just hunting a serial killer… He's being hunted.

A nun is found dead. A priest is horribly attacked. An evil older than sin is loose in Yorkshire… Sir Ralph de Mandeville with his assistants Peter and Merek have recently come from Reeth to hold a court session in Marske but are pulled away at the news of a most heinous crime having been discovered further down the River Swale.

Nada es nunca lo que parece. Y menos si David Gurney está involucrado. Han pasado seis meses. David Gurney apenas ha conseguido reincorporarse a una cierta normalidad después de haberse encontrado al borde de la muerte tras resolver el caso más peligroso al que se había enfrentado. Madeleine, su esposa, está preocupada; Gurney ha sido diagnosticado con síndrome de estrés post traumático y nada parece alegrarle. Días después el ex detective recibe una llamada. Connie Clark, la periodista que creó la leyenda de Súperpoli y lo catapultó a la fama quiere pedirle ayuda.

An utterly unique, Victorian-era mystery with a clever play on the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale, where the monster becomes the hero, and lines are crossed along the way. Unbeknownst even to himself, the kind, gentle, quietly brilliant Dr. Jekyll has created an alter ego—his polar...

Charlie Parker ha da poco riacquistato la sua licenza di investigatore privato quando viene interpellato da Bennett Patchett, il proprietario di un diner nei pressi di Portland, piuttosto scettico riguardo alle circostanze del suicidio del figlio, reduce dell'Iraq. Non ci vuole molto perché si scopra che Joel Tobias, ex comandante della squadra di Damien Patchett, conduce uno stile di vita decisamente sopra le righe e che i suoi andirivieni dal Canada sono tutt'altro che innocui viaggi di lavoro.

Debido a su insubordinación, Rebus es enviado a un centro de "reeducación" para policías. Allí llegan otros cinco agentes en su misma situación, y juntos deberán resolver un antiguo caso sin cerrar. Sin embargo, Rebus guarda sus propios secretos sobre el caso y empezará a dudar de la verdadera finalidad de su reeducación y la sinceridad de sus ocasionales colegas. Pronto descubrirá sombras que emborronan el pasado.

"Así era Edimburgo: reservada, autosuficiente y mortal si le plantabas cara". El inspector Rebus intuye que el suicidio de un indigente, el hallazgo de un cadáver emparedado en la sede del futuro Parlamento de Escocia y el asesinato del candidato laborista podrían estar conectados. En cuanto Rebus comience a atar cabos, se topará con una Edimburgo en plena transformación cuyos hilos, sin embargo, son manejados por los mismos viejos malhechores de siempre. El autor de negra más famoso y probablemente más exitoso de las islas.

Richard Hannay lleva tres meses aburriéndose en Londres. Antes vivía en Sudáfrica donde tenía una vida mucho más activa interesante. Cuando ya está planteando la posibilidad de irse algún otro sitio, un buen día, al volver a casa por la noche un vecino le está esperando y de forma un tanto misteriosa le comenta que tiene algo importante que contarle. El extraño le va a contar a Hannay toda una trama de espionaje y conspiración, muy enrevesada que supuestamente desembocará en una guerra que involucrará a Alemania y a Rusia.

Cuando un diputado del Parlamento cae desde lo alto del castillo de Edimburgo, al inspector John Rebus le da igual que se trate de un caso incómodo. Nunca ha esquivado los problemas, así que se va a encargar del asunto. Aunque ese no sea el único desafío al que deba enfrentarse.

It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic. Her invincible legions had brought all foreign enemies to their knees. But in Rome there was no peace. The streets were flooded with the blood of murdered citizens, and there were rumors of more atrocities to come. Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger was convinced a conspiracy existed to overthrow the government, a sinister cabal that could only be destroyed from within.

Eli's trip to London with his uncle Harry quickly turns homicidal when the older magician finds himself accused of murder. A second slaying does little to take the spotlight off Harry. Instead it's clear someone is knocking off Harry's elderly peers in bizarrely effective ways. But who? The odd gets odder when the prime suspect appears to be a bitter performer with a grudge who committed suicide over 30 years before. While Eli struggles to prove his uncle's innocence - and keep them both alive - he finds himself embroiled in a battle of his own.

Newly single magician Eli Marks reluctantly attends his high school reunion against his better judgment, only to become entangled in two deadly encounters with his former classmates. The first is the fatal mugging of an old crush's husband, followed by the suspicious deaths of the victim's business associates.

A casual glance out his apartment window turns magician Eli Marks' life upside down. After spotting a dead body in the projection booth of the movie theater next door, Eli is pulled into the hunt for the killer. As he attempts to puzzle out a solution to this classic locked room mystery, he must deal with a crisis of a more personal nature: the appearance of a rival magician who threatens not only Eli's faith in himself as a performer, but his relationship with his girlfriend.

En un degradado barrio proletario de Edimburgo aparece asesinado un sin papeles. ¿Podría tratarse de violencia racista o de algo distinto? Sin dudarlo, Rebus se vuelca en el caso. Sin embargo, el inspector se enfrenta en esos momentos a otros problemas: han cerrado su antigua comisaría y sus jefes quieres que se retire, pero Rebus es más obstinado que nadie.

When a magician is murdered in the midst of his act at the Mall of America, Eli Marks is asked to step in and take over the daily shows - while also keeping his eyes and ears open for clues about this bizarre homicide. As Eli combs the maze-like corridors beneath the Mall of America's massive amusement park looking for leads, he also struggles to learn and perform an entirely new magic act. Meanwhile, the longtime watering hole for Uncle Harry and his Mystics pals is closing, so in addition to the murder investigation and the new act, Eli must help the seniors find a suitable new hangout.

The life of a magician isn't all kiddie shows and card tricks. Sometimes it's murder. Especially when magician Eli Marks very publicly debunks a famed psychic, and said psychic ends up dead. The evidence, including a bloody King of Diamonds playing card (one from Eli's own Ambitious Card routine), directs the police right to Eli. As more psychics are slain, and more King cards rise to the top, Eli can't escape suspicion. Things get really complicated when romance blooms with a beautiful psychic, and Eli discovers she's the next target for murder, and he's scheduled to die with her.